5th Annual Christmas Tree Build - 2020 Edition

Looks great!

We've always had an artificial tree. No complaints

 

Nice. Dig the rotating tree!

 

Wow! Clarke Griswold would approve of your outdoor illumination skills.

Reminds me of a house on the block I grew up on. I cut grass for the old guy who lived across the street. Nice guy, but he could be a little cranky at times...said it was like he woke up one day and lived opposite a liquor store. LOL! Neat guy, and was actually an engineer on the Tucker...had one parked in a shed in the backyard. Wonder whatever happened to that.

 

Would love to here his story about the tucker

 

Unfortunately, not possible anymore. Wish that I had been wise enough to inquire more about his experience at the time. Maybe my dad remembers more.

 

Love the decorative Tacos guys

 

Looks great buddy

 

Mine holds up to 40 mile trips at 85 on the highway

 

How do you get the lights to stay on the fenders and lower body?!?!

 

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A lot of these glued on with hot glue and zip ties and when I take them off I use rubbing alcohol to release the glue. 2nd year I've done this and never a problem.

 

And have you ever been pulled over? Local police in my area tell me my truck is illegal with the lights on at night, but I have a really good relationship with the township cops and they all love the truck!

 

The police on the westside of Colorado Springs are cool with it on the surface streets and I turn them off when I hit the highway.

 

Yeah, I should probably stay off the turnpike with the lights on; Local cops are cool, but state troopers in Pennsylvania tend to be obnoxiously by the book and will pull you over for the pettiest of bullshit.

 

Between repairing toilets and washing clothes, we finally got the decorations up.

Tree:



Dining room table:



Mantle:



Front entry:



Front door:



Front steps, with bonus bulldog in the window:

 

Please help! So, my house is having that annoying problem with the Christmas lights again...

My house was built in 2016, but for some stupid reason of the GFI outlets are on the same circuit, along with the WiFi router and the main cable box; The treadmill is plugged into an outlet that is part of the GFI circuit. Last year, my dad unplugged the Christmas lights so he could use the treadmill. I happened to notice that the Christmas lights were off and simply assumed that I'd forgotten to plug them in; When I plugged the lights back in, it almost immediately tripped the breaker. My dad is a serious runner (prior to COVID he was regularly running 5Ks and half-marathons, and one in 2016 or 2017 he ran a full marathon), and he had the treadmill going at some ridiculous speed; When the power was cut, the treadmill came to an abrupt stop and my dad almost went flying. After the initial string of profanities, I explained to my dad the misunderstanding, and we agreed that he should tell me when he was going on the treadmill so it didn't happen again...

This year, I decided to put lights on the back deck railing; These, combined with the new LED spotlight/camera my parents had installed outside the screened-in porch last month, at least two of three cable boxes running at full power at any given time, and the internet router being in near-constant use, seems to have really overtaxed the GFI circuit. Needless to say, I am no longer running the lights I put up out back. We always shut off the Christmas lights before using the treadmill, and I have determined that my new "holiday shapes" slide projector was creating enough of a draw that it would regularly overload the system and I took that down for the time being.

Also, whenever we get serious rain (which has happened twice in the last week or so), something seems to short out; This utterly confounds me because the outlet by the front door is obviously outdoor rated. All of my light sets, extension cords, and the two multi-plug timers are also outdoor rated. What gives?

Can anyone help me out here so me and my neighbors can actually enjoy my light display this year? By the way, my neighbor across the street has three LED reindeer, one of which has an animatronic moving head, that he keeps on 24/7 (even during the day, which I think is rather pointless); His house is a slightly larger floorplan than ours and has a finished basement (ours does not), so he obviously has more lights and electronics, but he is obviously not having any electrical issues. In an unrelated note (possibly related), his built-in convection microwave literally blew up less than a year ago and he had to replace it out of his own pocket because the warranty was expired.

Anybody have any suggestions to fix this issue or at least alleviate the stress on my house's electric system?

 

Wrong thread Charlie. You need to post this in the Home Improvement forum.

 

Didn't even know we had one of those...

 

I’m no expert, but only one gfi per run, and I think it should also be first. Shit keeps popping to stop the potential fire from being overdrawn. You have too much one one circuit.